Johannesburg – The 12th Annual South African film and television Awards (SAFTA) nominee ceremony was hosted in Inanda Country Club Johannesburg presented by media personality Masechaba Ndlovu.
79 Awards will be handed out at this year’s ceremony, with categories varying from television, fiction, non fiction, short films and student films. The only eligible films were television programs and films that were publicly released or exhibited between the 1 August 2016 to the 31st of October 2017. The film or television show had to be submitted to the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa (NFVF) to be considered. CEO of NFVF and chairperson of SAFTA Zama Mkosi talked about the process, they ” went to great lengths to get judges from different demographics and skills sets” to work through the entries. “We are proud of the record number of 262 judges used along 2 judging phases,” she said.
The event will be held over a weekend period in Sun City between the 22-24 of March.
Here’s a list of some of the nominees:
#SAFTAs12Nominees entries this year are around 348 said Zama Nkosi NFVF CEO. @SAFTAS1 pic.twitter.com/ITNX6aCX8u
— Educational Book (@EdbookSA) February 2, 2018
SAFTAs12 will take place on the weekend of the 22nd to the 24th of March 2018, and will be broadcast live on @SABC_2 #SAFTAs12 https://t.co/2aI6Gxrq6I
— SAFTAS (@SAFTAS1) February 2, 2018
@SAFTAS1 Nominees Announcement 🏆 #SAFTAs12Nominees pic.twitter.com/YWwFJDZgf9
— Lindiwe Dhlamini (@Lisher_Rayze) February 2, 2018
. @Rouge_Rapper New Era Sessions Film got a nomination at SAFTAs — https://t.co/NyA1Hyz0Vl pic.twitter.com/xOLRM1sqgs
— YoMZansi (@yoMzansi) February 2, 2018
Eish sorry guys. Heading down to Capetown on Thursday so I wont be here for the SAFTAs nominees announcement on Friday. BUT hopefully I will be able to react with you guys on here.
Shona Ferguson, Vatiswa Ndara, Masasa Mbangeni & Zimkitha Nyoka deserve nominations #SAFTAs12 pic.twitter.com/QJaprqJeil
— Phil Mphela (@PhilMphela) January 30, 2018
Congratulations to Inxeba on 7 #SAFTAs nominations!! Will you be watching the film this weekend? #Inxebahttps://t.co/u9i37Gg8jB pic.twitter.com/Xeh7TwXtFb
— SA Breaking News (@SABreakingNews) February 2, 2018
#SAFTAs12Nominees announcement pic.twitter.com/HCbT7yhUoS
— SAFTAS (@SAFTAS1) February 2, 2018
#SAFTAs12Nominees announcement pic.twitter.com/GKJCKEe6AI
— SAFTAS (@SAFTAS1) February 2, 2018
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